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Outotec: Iron-ore sinter plant for SAIL in India

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has won an order from Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) for the design and delivery of an iron-ore sinter plant for SAIL’s Bhilai Steel Plant in Chhattisgarh. Outotec will implement the turnkey plant project…

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Hangzhou Hangding Nylon orders PA-6 plant

Uhde Inventa-Fischer (Domat/Ems, Switzerland, and Berlin, Germany; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) and Hangzhou Hangding Nylon Tech. Co., Ltd., a company under Sanding Holding Group, Zhejiang Province, P.R. China, signed a contract for the delivery of a PA-6 polymerization plant to produce textile grade…

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Solvay increases Tecnoflon production capacity

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has decided to increase the production capacity for peroxide-curable (PC) fluoroelastomers, commercialized under the trademark Tecnoflon, in the Solvay Solexis plant at Spinetta Marengo, Italy. Solvay is investing €10 million in the capacity increase, which is…

WefTec 2010 Show Preview

The Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.; www.wef.org) will host the 83rd annual Weftec technical exhibition and conference October 2–6 at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. The largest water-quality conference in North America, Weftec 2010 features 112 technical…

Wolfgang Sautter becomes managing director at Voith Turbo BHS Getriebe GmbH…

Pagenkemper Roller Tutin Sautter Muzyka James Diamantis becomes director of strategic accounts for Wayne Chemicals (Fort Wayne, Ind.). Bernhard Pagenkemper becomes sales director for the machinery div. of Haver & Boecker (Oelde, Germany). Colfax Corp. (Richmond, Va.), a manufacturer of…

Selecting Laboratory Exhaust Systems

As components of chemical research facilities, fume-hood exhaust systems for laboratory workstations are often taken for granted. Yet the choice of exhaust system, when designing or specifying a laboratory workstation, can have a tremendous impact on the safety of the…

Recover Waste Heat From Fluegas

Adding an organic Rankine cycle system to generate power onsite can help operators optimize the overall economics of combustion-related systems and emissions controls The ever-increasing cost of fuel and relentless push for environmental responsibility are constant factors in the profitability…

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Dow Corning considers biomass plant to produce steam and electricity; and more business news

Dow Corning considers biomass plant to produce steam and electricity August 20, 2010 — Dow Corning’s (Midland, Mich.; www.dowcorning.com) Midland manufacturing site is considering the installation of a biomass-powered energy facility to provide a renewable, reliable and cost-effective supply of…

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ABB wins three-year maintenance-partnership agreement in Oman

ABB (Houston; www.abb.com) has announced that its local company in Oman, ABB Oman LLC has signed a three-year maintenance agreement for Vale’s (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; www.vale.com) state-of-the-art iron-ore pellet plant and distribution center in Oman. This maintenance partnership agreement…

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Solar Semi Engineering acquires Edwards CME

Solar Semi Engineering Ltd. (SSE; U.K.; www.solsemi.com) , a solar and semiconductor start-up company, today purchased the business and assets of Edwards Chemical Management Europe Limited (CME; Newhaven, U.K.) for an undisclosed sum. CME is part of Edwards (Crawley, U.K.; www.edwardsvacuum.com),…